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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-09
AFTER MANY YEARS.
Confederate Money Loaned In a Prison Re-
paid in Greenbacks.


Confederate Money Loaned In a Prison Re-
paid in Green backs.
Bangor (Me) Commercial.
On Tuesday of this week County Attorney En-
II. Burbank of Saco paid the following note,
which was recently forwarded him from Green
vile. Pa:
$50. COLUMBIA. s. c.. Jan. 16 '65.
For value received promise to pay, on demand to
William Washburne, or order. the sum of fifty dol
lars. (Signed) HORACE FL. BURBANK.
Limerick. Me.
When the note was given Col. Burbank was an
inmate of Columba prison. unwllingly par.ak-
ing of the hospitality of the Confederacy. Among
his companions William Washburne, a
lieutenant of the Fifth Massachusetts, who had
received from his her large sum of confeder-
ate money. Unwilling to alone enjoy the ad-
vantage that confederate money could purchase,
Washburne distributed his fortune among his
comrades in sums of $50 each, taking their notes
therefor. The $50 was then only worth $40 IN
United States money, but nevertheless it enabled
the prisoners to obtain many q luxury or an
extra ration.
Soon after Colonel Burbank returned to his
home he wrote to Mr.. Washburne Boston,
where he gave his address. asking If he still had
the note, but no answer was ever received. and
ELL a short time ago he supposed his benefactor
bad joined the silent majority. Recently the
Colonel found among his mail long letter from
Mr.. Washburne who is now living In Green
VILE Penn. The letter stated that it's writer
had been paroled at Charlotte, N. C.. shortly
after the fortunate escape of Colonel urbank
and a number OF others from Columbia prison.
from Charlotte. w ashburne was taken to An
napolis, Nd, where he was exchanged By this
time he had become physical wreck and totally
blind. Under the care of his parents he i'm
proved som ,what and regained the partial use
of his eyes. but is still disabled. He says that
since he has struggled along irving to maintain
his small family. The letter IL gracefully
worded and tells in a modest way a truly pa
thetc story. In the same envelope the old
note, yellow. but we'll preserved
1t is needless to say that Colonel Burbank
FASTENED to pay off his old debt, and at the same
time to relieve the necessities of prematurely
old veteran soldier
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Labor Notes.

Philadelphia Record.
The American Glass workers Union compels
foreign workmen to pay 500 to join.
New Knights of Labor assent ies are being
formed all over the West and South.
Steam punching machines are displacing cigar
making labor. and trouble is brewing.
What the Knights OF Labor have lost in some
quarters they have made up in others.
The usual talk of starting cooperative leather
works is now being heard at Newark, n. j.
The cotton-mills in two Southern States ex-
ported 3d. 600 000 yards of cotton cloth last year
The New York organized hat statesmen are
reporting to court all storekeepers who sell on
Sunday.
A movement is to be made to advance the
wages of women engaged IN shirt-making in
The first district assembly formed il England
is numbered 2C8. 1t has nine local assemblies
in good working order.
The tanners will soon hold national conven-
ton at Saratoga to count up the losses of tan
ming hides at present prices
The plumbers and steam-ftters all over the
West are forming a national union. The mem
bership will be about 600
The number of persons who struck during the
of August. 1885, only 1920 struck.
There are now 100 0Ochildren under fourteen
years of age employed. contrary to law, in the
factories and workshops of New York
The Brooklyn 1ongshoremen employ
trades-union musicians are after them.
The rubber manufacturers are holding con-
vention TO see il effectual com bination cannot
be formed at the next meeting. on Aug. IL.
The New York Labor Union party will meet
Wednesday. and the Kansas State couven-
ton of the Labor party will meet Tuesday
The Hatters' Union. which has been in
existence for forty years is now national trade
district assembly No. 12S, OF the Knights of La
bor
decided that three hundred Beverly lasters who
threw 1880 other shoemakers out of work had
no
The output of cotton in the Southern States
has increased from l52. 76I. 298 yards in 1880 to
203. 968. 1884 yards in 1886, or one-third. Since
1880 forty zine cotton factories have been estab-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-09
LABOR INTERESTS.
Beginning of What Promises to BE Pro-
tracted Struggle for Supremacy.

Beginning of What Promises to BE a Pro-
tracted Struggle for Supremacy.
VINELAND. N. j.. Aug. 8.-According to the
plan arranged last week, the bell on Keighley's
shoe factory rang usual this morning
signal that those who desired to resume work,
independent of the Knights of Labor, would be
received. Only few non-union operatives
sponded and some of these green hands.
Mr.. Keighley said to day that if his shop is made
a union shop within three months he will donate
the sum of $500 to the Y. NJ. c. A. of Vineland
The general opinion is that long and bitter
contest has been begun. both sides have
shown a disposition to hold out.
The leather council of the Knights of Labor
to night it is understood decided TO order out
all the bag, harness. and shoemakers in this
city. on account of the decision OF the man
facturers To lock out the union men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-09
To Architects, SculptOrs and Designers.
Office of the Board of Commissioners of the State
Soldiers and Sailors Monument,
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. July IL, 1887.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, July IL, 1887.
The Commission will receive at their Office in the
city of Indianapolis, before the 18th day of
December, 1887, designs and plans and specifications
for State Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Me-
mortal Hail. Monument and Memorial Hall COM
bined, to be erected the grounds known Circle
Park in he city of indianapolis "a city of 100 900
inhabitants and the capital of the State of Ediana(
according to act of the General Assembly of In
diana, approved March 3. 1887, appropriating the
of two hundred thousand dollars. and directing
the expenditure of the and additional donations
for the erection of said structure.
Such plans and designs offered will be sub
mitted to thorough examination of a board of tire
competent experts. to be elected by this board
ssting of architect, builder and civil
gneer: whose will be announced to competitors
their selection and prior to their examination of
the plans.
All plans and specifications and designs in order to
receive attention from this board be
led by full description of the work and materials
be used with itemized estimates complete in every
detail of the cost of portion of the work. and of
the total of the same which exceed two
hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
One Thousand dollars viii be paid premium for
the best plan design provided the is accepted
by this Commission, and five hundred dollars for the
second best subject to the and conditions of
the law; but premium will be paid if plan de-
sign is adopted.
All express other transportation charges etc. on
packages containing plans designs must be fully
err risk and cost, the board being responsible only
for due care in delivery of same for shipment.
All plans and designs subn tilted to be under
stood be subject the terms, conditions and linn
iatons of the law and the right of the Board of Com
missioners to reject the same is hereby reserved.
For further information copy of the law, diagram
and description of the location rules governing the
competition, and instructions to competitors ETC.. ap
ply to the Secretary
GEORGE J. LANGSDALE, President
JAS. F. GoOKINS Secretary.
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The Widow Is Wiliin'.

Uetrolt
An Eastern contemporary thinks it would be
like marrying widow with large family of
pensive children to annex Canada. Perhaps so,
but the widow be making eyes this
way and the children would be more than tickled
to have Uncle Sam for a pa.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-09
In Georpian Wales

The sweetest roses grow. Keep your breath
fragrant as the perfumed gales of this enchant-
ing land. and your teeth fair and lustrous a
the pearls of the Orient by using Sozodont, that
most charming and wonderful dentifrice, which
no lady's toilet should be without
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-09

T;d-Bits.

Chicago Man ION a visitl-"Whats that i'm
mense building over there T.
Cincinnati Man-'That's structure recently
erected to be devoted to ateler purposes"
Chicago Man-''What DAYS are they going to
kill onl I'd like to the process.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-09

HOOD Sarsaparilla is characterized by three
pecuiiaritles: First. the combination of remedial
agents: second, the proportion; third. the pro-
cess OF securing the active medicinal qualities.
The result 10 medicine of unusual strength, eff
fecting cures hitherto unknown.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-09
$500 Reward.

II you suffer from dull, heavy headache,
obstruction of the nasal passages, dis
charges falling from the head into the
throat sometimes profuse, .watery, and
acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
purulent, bloody and putrid; if the eyes are
weak, watery, and infiamed; and there is
coughing to clear the throat, expectoration
g. offensive matter, together with scabs
from ulcers; the voice being changed and
havinga nasal twang; the breath offensive;
smell and taste impaired; experience SEN
sation of dizziness, with mental depression,
hacking cough, and general debility, then
you are suffering from chronic nasal
catarrh. Only few of the above named
symptoms are likely to be present in any
one case at one time, or in one stage of the
disease. Thousands of cases annually,
without manifesting half of the above
symptoms, result in consumption, and end
in the grave. No disease is SO common,
more deceptive and dangerous, less under
stood or moro unsuccessfully treated by
physicians. The manufacturers of DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer, in good
faith, $500 reward for case of catarrh
which they can not cure. The Remedy is
sold by druggists at only so cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-09
How Paper Type Is Made.

Type made from paper is the latest
novelty. A process has been patented
by which large type used fer printing
placards can be made from pulp.
Such letters are at present cut on wood.
The pulp is desiccated and and reduced
to powdered or comminuted state,
after which it is thoroughly mixed with
Il water-proofing liquid or material
such as paraffine oil or a drying linseed
oil, for instance. This mixture is then
dried, and subsequently pulverized.
In its pulverfzed state it is introduced
into a mold of the requisite construct
ion to produce the desired article, type
or block, and then subjected to pres
sure to consolidate it, and heat to rem
Ger taeky or adhesive the water-p proof
ing material. Finally, the type is
cooled while in the mold, so as TO cause
it to retain its shape and solidity~--
LesLie's Illustrated Weekiy
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-09
COVERING HAY STACKS.
How Hay in Kicks Can BE Protected wit
Boards at Small Cost.

How Hay in Kicks Can Be Protected With
Boards at Small Cost.
In ricks ten feet wide and twelve
feet high, between three and four tons
of hay will be contained in each rod of
length. On an average, between one
fourth and one-half a ton of this will
waste where the hay is mixed meadow
hay and clover, if left uncovered. This
is loss eff one to six dollars. accord
ing to the local price of hay. In new
countries coarse slough hay furnishes
a good covering or matching to top
out the stack with, but slough hay is
passing away before the ditching
spade and improved grass seed 1t is
often necessary to store the hay out
doors until barns can be afford
ed, or when an unexpected surplus is
harvested. Sometimes it is found
expedient to stack in the field or
in the edge of a woodland pasture, to
be fed out without hauling to the barns.
The writer has used sixteen feet boards
to make covers for ricks and found
them economical. For rick ten feet
wide. ten or twelve one-foot boards are
necessary. Three poles, or scantling.
five or six feet long, are used on each
side for rafters. The boards are mere
ly tackled on lengthwise, beginning at
the bottom, tapping an inch to shed the
water. Rafters can be put in place be-
fore the boards are nailed on, or the
sides of the roof may be raised in place
after mailing the boards fast. The two
sides can be fastened together at the
ridge with pieces of fence wire.
Top out the rick so that the
cover will have good slant
on either side. Where the stacks are
exposed to the wind it is well to fasten
the covers to stakes in the ground with
WIRE If the nails are not driven quite
down they can be easily drawn when
feeding, and the boards used for other
purposes or laid away until next hay
ing time The first cost of the lumber
will be about three dollars for each six
teen feet in length, and should last
many years if it is at all properly cared
for.
Near small horse barn 1t was de-
sirable each year to build a round
STACK OF TWO OF tilIcc tOnS Ol Hay Ill
addition to that contained in the NOW.
To protect this during the fall rains,
a cap was made of boards in
four parts. The angle of each
triangular section at the top was some
what less than a right angle, so as to
give the four sides the slope of four
sided roof The sections were light;
and were put in place by the man on
the stack taking rope in either hand
attached to the opposite sections and,
by the aid of the pitcher, lifting them
to the top, where they were fastened
together by means of strong Irvine
around nails. The lower OPP
posite corners were also attached in
the same way. This cover made of
scraps of boards did service several
years. The top of the stack of horse
hay was always in as nice condition as
that in the mow.-Prairie Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-09
a Pertinent Observation.

One of the anomalies in Western
hog raising is to be found in the fact
that so many farmers drive their hogs
TO market. and to supply their own
wants turn round and pay dealer a
profit on the slaughtered animal. We
have seen many reasons advanced Tor
this bung-hole waste and spigot saw
ing, but il has often occurred to us
that it may be owing to the fact that
most western farmers attempt to
spread over too much ground-their
farms are too big to be profitable, and
in attempting to cover them in gem
eral way they neglect all matters OF
detail. 1t is the man who masters de-
tail and looks after all the little things
that is most successful in farming,
commercial life or in most any under.
taking The Hog.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-09
GIRLS PENMANSHlP.
Why Tonns Ladies Should Pay More At
tention to Their Handwriting.

Why Tonns Ladies' Should Pay More At
tention to Their Handwriting.
Girls should look to their handw riting,
for it may serve them at some future
crisis better than shorthand or the type
writer, says the Youths Companion There
is lady clerk in the Department of the
Interior. Mrs. Avery by name, VINO has a
snug and easy place of 81, 600 year, chief y
on account of the extraordinary excel
lence of her penmanship. 1t is she who is
selected to copy the letters of the depart
ment which are regarded as of the great
est consequence, such, for example, as
are to receive the attention of the Presi-
dent, who frequently compliments Mrs.
Avery's admirable penmanship.
No doubt her handwriting is neat and
elegant, because, when she was learning
the art, she took pains; and no doubt 9TH
er girls could do as well, by taking the
same course. Considering the advantage
it is to many girls to write good hand, it
is strange that more of them do not try
to acquire this accomplishment OF late
years our schoolgirls and school boys do
great al more writing than they did
formerly. Much is done in school now
by way of dictation, and in many schools
the pupils have pencil or pen in hand al.
most half the time.
But it would not be true to say that the
girls of to-day write more legibly and
neatly than their mothers did. 1t would
be we'll If they paid far more atten-
ton to this matter than they do.
But they should make a serious
study of it-acquire the habit OF
taking the best posture; learn to use the
mu scles to advantage, SO that they may
not easily become tired; and then prac-
tice, as one who intend to become a pro-
piece of writing gets worse and worse,
page after page, it is because the writer
did the work with only one end of the
muscular system of the arm, instead OF
employing the whole of it's exquisite and
harmonious machinery. Mrs. Avery, it is
said, writes as easily as she does legibly.
She writes as well at the end of her days
work as at the beginning, and her fingers
never ache.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-09
PROFITABLE POULTRY.

Valuable Information Regarding the
Raising and Feeding of Ducks.
Never give hard feed to young
ducks. Corn meal, mixed with cold
water, is the best thing they can have
till they are fully feathered. Now, I
think ] ought to know something
about raising them, for we make q
business of it. We raise both kinds,
the Pekin and the Puddle ducks. We
have raised ninety-six out of one hum
dred Matched, and find by several
years experience that they pay better
than any other kind of poultry, and
with a great deal less trouble. feed
soft feed to them five times a day.
Corn meal at first, and then meal
and bran mixed with cold
water, but they must be kept in
close quarters for at least two weeks,
with small troughs filled with fresh
water from creek or well-creek water
is the best. as it is not SO cold as well
or spring water. | set so as to have
two litters come out at the same time
and give them all to one hen. A duck
is not d fit mother for young ducks ia
close quarters. make my pond in 8
small creek. I make my pens ten
or twelve feet square,; then I
divide this in two parts, then 1 take
two ten-bushel boxes, set them in
corner of each coop, covered so that
the rain Will not get through, and make
tight wire doors so nothing can get
into them. This done, i make board
fence clear around the lot, including
pond and eoops. A lot fifty by one
hundred feet is large enough to keep
one hundred ducks till after harvest,
when they will be big enough to take
care of themselves, with but1ittle care.
Farm and Fireside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-09
A Rushing Business.

Druggist Ito customer)-There you
sou are, sir; two-eent stamp. Can
do any thing else for you, sir?
Customer-Wel - err would YOU
cash 4 small check Save me the
trouble of going to the bank.
Druggist-With pleasure. Any thing
else sir?
Customer believe l will puf one OF
these almanacs in my pocket, and that
5 all. | think, this morning.
Druggist-thanks Won't you have
a glass of soda water with me?-M Y
sam.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-09
HOME AND FARM.

Poison, trap, or shoot every
ground-squirrel you can.
If many posts are to be set, they
should be peeled and soaked in boiling
tar. A boiling-pan costs but little, and
will last for several years. -Prairie
Farmer.
-Cotton-seed hulls are used by some
persons in the vicinity of New Orleans
as mulch for strawberries, serving also
as an excellent fertilizer later in the
season.
When the cocks have been picking
each other until the combs and wattles
bleed profusely, pour strong alum
water over their heads, which will cause
the bleeding to ase.-E1change.
Use nc stable manure on your
peach trees. A mixture of some kind
of mineral fertilizer is better. Expert
ments have shown mari to be excellent
Tor peach trees.
When little chicks feather rapidly
they sometimes droop. If the cause be
not due to lice they may be greatly as
sisted by feeding them small guam.
tity of chopped meat once day.
The most successful shepherd of
the future will have his mutton on the
market as regularly and in as good
condition as his wool. The same man
will make both products as good as
possible. Louis Republican.
"A writer says in the Country Gen
tleman that, as the japanese ivy cllngs
so closely after the second year that it
can not be removed, it ought not to be
trained over surface which needs re.
pairing or painting.
The Purest and Best of Queens
Queens we have in every household.
They should reign with tender hand.
Pure and true and living sovereigns
Through this broad and smiling land
Teeming prosperous, happy land.
Golden Rule.
Layer Cake or Cup Cakes: Three
eggs, one and one-half cups of sugar,
one-half cup each of butter and milk,
two cups of flour, a little over one
rounding teaspoonful of yeast powder
mixed with the -four flavor with lemon
and add the whites, beaten lightly, last.
Household.
Young pigs will usually commence
to eat when about three weeks old, and
the more attractive the portion put
within their reach the quicker they
will learn to make full feed. If they
can have little fresh milk at the start
so much the better, but by common
consent skim milk is counted sufficient
to meet piggy's notion, With milk as a
starter they will soon take to sloI
made of milk feed.
Boiled Custard. Put two table
spoonfuls of water in the kettle first
to keep the custard from sticking.
Then add one quart of milk, two table
spoonfuls of sugar, two eggs (the eggs
and sugar beaten together) and two
slices of bread. If hard, dry bread is
used, it should be soaked in water
awhile before making the custard.
After putting it on the stove, watch il
closely, for as soon as it boils it is
| done.-Boston Budget.
To remove ink, iron-rust, or mil
dew: II the garment is white, wher
washing tie a pinch of cream tartar
where the spot is. After boiling re
move the string and the spot will b.
gone. If the spots are very large OF
numerous, the garment can be boiled
by itself in clean water containing
from one ounce to one-fourth of a
pound of cream tartar. 1t will not in.
/ jure the fabric. Home and Farm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-09
HAD SEEN WARNED.
A Mtssourian Who Was Not to Be SwiAd1ed
by Chicago Sharpers.

A Mtssourian Who Was Not to Be SwiAa1ed
by Chicago Sharpers.
Il have come here from Missouri,
said & man who had just got on Chi
eago cable eae;, addressing some one
who sat next him, land am goin' into
business, but let we tell you, have
been warned SO much about the people
here that I'll bet you they have pretty
hard time in getting away with me.
Whenever a man comes around me
with a transaction it must be strictly
business"
The conductor came along and col
lected his fare Here" said the man
from Missouri, "give me receipt for
that money"
The conductor grinned.
II am ia dead, cold earnest have
been warned SO much against these
people that all my business shall be
strict. Give nae re ceipt."
Il can't give you receipt
"Well, then, give me my nickel. an
I'll git often your wagin."
Il can't give it back. 1 have rung
my bell-punch."
l.Well, unring it. Hold on, here.
am determined to show all you Eel
lows that | am business man my
self"
..What's your name?' the conductor
asked.
'Abram Brown"
The conductor scribbled on piece
of paper and handed it to Mr.. Brown,
who. reading it and finding it satistac-
tory. foldedit up. put it into his pocket,
and said: There amt but one way
TO do business, ond that is to watch all
your points. Won't ketch any OF
these fellers maxim me pay bill
twice. '-ArkansGY Traveller.